Nearly a quarter of the world’s population could run short of food if the war in Ukraine continues for much longer, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said during a speech at the 89th International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad on Saturday. “If something does not change in the conflict in Eastern …
Read More »Biden praises Albright’s ‘humanity’
President Joe Biden has eulogized America’s first female secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, as a “force for good in the world” who “turned the tide of history” with her “goodness and grace, her humanity and her intellect.” “Her name is still synonymous with America as a force for good in …
Read More »Ex-Syrian colonel found guilty of crimes against humanity
A German court has found a former Syrian security official guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life behind bars for his alleged role in torture and deaths in a Damascus prison. A court in the city of Koblenz found Anwar Raslan guilty of supervising the killings of …
Read More »Robots are now able to replicate. What does this mean for humanity?
A team of scientists at the University of Vermont, Tufts University, and Harvard University have created ‘living robots’ (called Xenobots) that can reproduce themselves in an entirely new process of biological propagation. They have recently published the results of their research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. …
Read More »Fighting for our lives: Humanity’s weapons against Covid-19
Levels of contagion are setting new records, hospitals are overwhelmed, governments are starting to introduce lockdowns, and not only for unvaccinated people – the picture of the fight against Covid-19 looks quite disappointing. However, there’s still a place for good news: Research teams report positive results while trialling new medicines …
Read More »Precedent of charging Bolsonaro with ‘crimes against humanity’ threatens leaders that deviate from the western Covid narrative
The Brazilian high chamber commission has recommended nine criminal charges in total against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the Covid pandemic, including “charlatanism,” “prevarication,” and “incitement to crime.” From the outset, Bolsonaro has resisted liberticidal and economically suicidal measures adopted by western nations. Relative to its population, it …
Read More »Trump says ‘border crisis’ turning US into ‘cesspool of humanity’ as thousands of Del Rio migrants could be released into country
In a Sunday statement, the former president blasted the “mainstream media” for “paying almost no attention” to the situation in Del Rio and predicted the border situation will become “the greatest crisis in the history of our country,” even oddly dubbing it a “crisis crisis.” Illegal border crossings have surged …
Read More »The apocalypse facing humanity is not climate change, but the politicisation of lousy science
The latest apocalyptic report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been designed to propel us into action. With less than 80 days to go until the world convenes at the Glasgow climate conference, the call to act has become deafening. US Secretary-General António Guterres said the …
Read More »‘A crime against humanity’: Melbourne couple put behind bars for enslaving elderly woman for 8 years
Kumuthini Kannan, 53, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Supreme Court of Victoria, while her husband, Kandasamy, 57, will spend six years behind bars. He received a lighter sentence because the court determined he suffered from a weak character and had been dominated by his wife. Mr. …
Read More »Social media is not as big a threat to humanity as the self-selected experts who think they have a right to police it
There is no doubt that social media is a powerful instrument for mobilising people. It is also clear that it has had an enormous impact on culture and politics. But it is not its technological imperative that allows the technology to play such a prominent role. The technology has no …
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